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There are echoes of WG Sebald in this poignant meditation on loss by the South Korean author of the Man Booker International Prize-winning The Vegetarian. Reflecting on the death of her newborn baby sister, only a few hours after her birth, the unnamed narrator seeks solace from sorrow in the restorative power of writing.

July 4, 2016 After winning the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian , Han has written a harrowing second novel that traces the long-term reverberations from South Korea’s 1980 Gwangju Uprising, in which government troops killed anywhere between 200 and 2,000 civilians in the chaos...

From the internationally bestselling author of THE VEGETARIAN, a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this...

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Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the 2016 Paris International Book Fair, held from March 16–20, in celebration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. Nearly 3,000 writers from 45 countries attended the fair where around 800 events were held. A total of 30 Korean...

This year’s London Book Fair, held from April 8-10 at Earls Court, was an exciting occasion for the Korean publishing and literary community, with Korea being showcased as the Market Focus country for 2014. The London Book Fair Korea Market Focus programme consisted broadly of two different types:...

The Buenos Aires International Book Fair ( Spanish: Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires ) is held every April in Buenos Aires , Argentina , and is one of the top five book expos in the world, oriented to the literary community as well as to the general public.

The LTI Korea Forum in Japan was held as a literary event celebrating the invitation to the Tokyo International Book Fair, which has been held from July 3rd to 6th, as the guest of honor country. The Tokyo International Book Fair is the largest book fair held in Japan, the secondbiggest publishing...

The Guadalajara International Book Fair, the biggest fair in Central and South America, was held from November 25th to December 2nd, LTI Korea introduced various programs and showcased a diverse range of Korean literature translations, including literature, humanities, and children's books. LTI...